All Mobile County youth between the ages of 9-18 (as of January 1, 2018) are invited to join. All participants must wear closed toe shoes, bring a finger-tab or archery glove, donate $5 to the "arrow fund" for the season, have a parent sign an archery wavier and enroll in 4-HOnline.
Please contact the Mobile County 4-H office if you have questions!

A Private Applicator uses or supervises the use of any pesticide for producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented, or on the property of another person if applied without compensation. This is a testing period after studying the Study Manual in order to provide the Private Applicator permit to the participant after scoring at least 70. *Additional fee of $25.00 shall be forwarded by the applicant to the Department of Ag for Permit.

This hands-on workshop will help you create beautiful and effective native pollinator habitat in your yard, forest or farm! Dress for the weather and being outside for the field portion of the workshop.
Overview of what you will learn
* Native Pollinator 101 -" What pollinators are and how they help us all
* Habitat needs and enhancement basics
* How habitat enhancement help other wildlife
* Pollinator monitoring
* Nest box construction
* Pollinator garden establishment techniques.

Register for the Right Bite Diabetes Cooking School! Learn to prepare delicious meals and snacks to control or prevent diabetes and other chronic diseases. During six exciting lessons you will learn: * To choose healthier food at the store * Prepare recipes lower in fat, cholesterol, sugar and sodium and control portions sizes.

All Mobile County youth between the ages of 9-18 (as of January 1, 2018) are invited to join. All participants must wear closed toe shoes, bring a finger-tab or archery glove, donate $5 to the "arrow fund" for the season, have a parent sign an archery wavier and enroll in 4-HOnline.
Please contact the Mobile County 4-H office if you have questions!

Event:

Russell County Farmer Market

Start:

9/21/17 2:00pm

Fee:

End:

9/21/17 6:00pm

Calendar(s):

Commercial Horticulture; General Administration; Home Grounds, Gardens & Home Pests

Course meeting ADPH requirement to operate as a Cottage Food Operation. Course includes specifics about the AL Cottage Food Law, identify foods that can be sold, where foods can be sold, recognize labeling requirements and food safety recommendations for the cottage food operator.

-" Learn how to create a beautiful landscape that is sustainable and environmentally friendly. We will look at which plants work best for our area, when and how to plant and divide, ways to create a sustainable lawn while minimizing chemical applications, and ways to reduce water usage in the landscape.
Session 1: Annuals and perennials
Session 2: Lawns
Session 3: Trees and shrubs

QuickBooks for Farmers is a two evening class to train farmers on using the basic features of QuickBooks Pro accounting software. The first evening will cover building a sample farm file and entering sample data. The second evening will review a completed sample farm's year-end and management reports. This allows students to see a full year of QuickBooks data.